INDEX. 
169 
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Uncle Sam copper claims, work on 47-48 
Unga Island, rocks of 104 
United States Alaska Tin Mining Company, 
operations of 155 
United States Naval Liquid Fuel Board, 
citations from report of 23,24,26 
Unuk River, gold deposits near 45 
hot springs on fiO 
mineral spring on 60 
V. 
Valdez Inlet, railway route from 14-15 
Valdez series, Prince William Sound 80 
Valparaiso gold claim, work on 43 
Vesuvius Valley, prospecting in 83 
Victor Mining Company, copper claims of, 
work on 53 
Victoria Creek, description of 129 
prospecting on 131 
Virgin Bay, ore bodies at 87 
Virginia gold claims, work on 43 
W. 
Wade Creek, gold mining on 125, 126 
Wages, Fairbanks region 122 
York tin region 156 
Wakefield copper claims, ore at 50 
Walker Fork, gold placers on 126 
Walker, Lovell & Co., prospects of 154 
Warm Creek, gold mining on 138 
Warm springs, occurrence of 60 
Watson, Frank, work of 99 
Weed, W. H. ; on wages at Butte, Mont 156 
White, C. A., on fossils from Port Moller . . 104 
White Eagle copper claims, work on 47-48 
White Mountains, geology of 130 
topography of 128 
White River, copper deposits at head of .. . 8 
railway route to 11-12 
valley abandoned in basin of 10 
White-Tanana district, copper mining in.. . 8 
Wild Goose Mining and Trading Company, 
operations of 135, 137, 143 
Willow Creek, gold mining and prospecting 
on 7,131,137 
Windfall Creek, gold mining on 36 
Windham Bay, gold mines at 41 
Witherspoon, D. C, work of 3,128 
Wolf Creek, gold placers on 119 
Wolframite, occurrence of 148,149,150 
Wood, use of, as fuel 112, 138, 139 
Woodbridge-Lowery marble claims, loca- 
tion of 57 
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Woodchopper Creek, gold placers on 126 
Wrangell district, copper deposits and pros- 
pecti ng i n 8, 53 
gold mining in 4' 
hot spring in 60 
lead ores in 53 
zinc ores in 53 
Wright, C. W., report by, on nonmetallic 
deposits of southeastern Alaska 55-60 
work of 2 
Wright, F. E., work of 2 
Wright, F. E. and C. W., report by, on lode 
mining in southeastern Alaska. 30-54 
Y. 
Yakima Mineral Company, claims of, loca- 
tion of 40 
Yakutat Bay, railway route from 12-13 
Yakutat Bay region, coal-bearing beds of 62-63, 64 
geography of 61 
geology of 61-63 
gold in 64 
investigations made in 2, 61-64 
petroleum prospects in 63 
stratigraphy of '. 61-63 
Yakutat series of rocks, features of 62 
Yanert, William, work of 128 
Yankee Basin, gold mining in 34-35 
Yankee Cove, gold mining near 35 
Yoder, B. A., work of 3 
York Mountains, description of 145 
York Plateau, description of 145 
York tin region, description of 145-157 
geology of 146 
lodes of 146-156 
mining in, cost of 156 
tin placers of 156-157 
topography of 145-146 
transportation to 145 
Young Creek, coal on 95, 98 
Yukon region, gold-bearing rocks of, age of. 6 
gold mining in 7 
gold placer fields of 109-127 
Yukon River, coal from, analyses of 27 
coal beds on 20 
railway routes to 16 
Yukon-Tanana region, work in 3 
Z. 
Zarembo Island, mineral springs on 60 
Zinc, Ketchikan district 53-54 
Prince William Sound 86 
Wrangell district 53 
Zinnwaldite, occurrence of 148,149 
